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I have had my keg in the garage ~60° @ 20 psi. for about a week and a half now, i have not tried to tap it at all, but i would imagine from what everyone has told me i should be force carbed by now. My question is in dispensing my brew, should i pull my keg off the gas and purge the pressure...

With your awesome Apfelwein recipe you so graciously shared with all of us, i made some for a neighbors Bday and a former home brewer was able to drink some, he liked it so much he offered all of his old HB gear for the last 24 bottles i had left from the Bday batch. so 24 bottles of...

I want to keg my apfelwein tonight, and i would love to get it on the tank tonight, the only thing is, i dont have a chest freezer or a old fridge to stash it while it carbs. I wanted to try to get it up to carb in about a week, would it be ok to stash it in my garage ~60° and still get it...

Anyone out there playing this gigantic time waster? LOL I got sucked into it and now im getting constantly worked over loosing mass cash, at least i can sip on some HB while i loose millions. My mafia is pretty small so im constantly getting worked over, anyone out there want to join my...

I got a keg kit from my SWMBO and then i got ahold of another 3 from a guy in town, all in good shape, ive replaced the Orings on all, and have been reading a lot about kegging but here are some Qs ive got. I have heard of cutting the pick up tube of about 3/4 - 1" off the bottom is this...

So i just got a keg kit for Vday from my VERY loving fiancee.....LOL So the question im having is what is the going rate for a 5lb C02 fill. I found one place that will fill mine and it was going to be about 20 bones. Is that a reasonable price? Also can you guys lead me in the direction...

So long story short the SWMBO and i are taking a trip leaving Vday. She decided it would be a good time to order my Vday gift a bit early LOL Not that im complaining. The SWMBO has outdone herself this time.... Brown delivered my gift this afternoon....

This may be a dumb Question, but being new to brewing i hear a lot about green beer, which im sure mine is (hefe 1 week in bottle). I would like to get your guys input on what kind of tastes i should expect to taste and attribute to "greenness". I tasted a bottle of my hefe last night, tasted...

So im thinking about making a nice roast for my folks who are traveling up to spend the weekend at our new house. Not being the most savey with cuts and how to properly cook the roast i come to the all mighty HBT to get some info. What cut should i be looking for when making a roast (im...

I made my first Hefe also my first home brew. Im a bit concerned about the lack of explosive fermentation i always hear about with hefe. I made a starter with light DME and WLP-320 American hefe yeast 2 days before brewing. followed my recipe and got to the end added my yeast starter...

well i have very few pics of my brew day (American Hefe) since i was trying to make sure i didnt screw anything up but here are a couple of teasers of my messy garage and me cooling my brew using my homemade CF chiller. Turned out great, took it down to ~70-75° which was perfect, although i...

So i just did my first brew, an American Hefe, it was a mini mash and i followed my recipe and did a pretty good job i thought, but the recipe says i should come out ~ 1.052 OG, and i came out 1.040 what gives? I steeped at 150 for 90 min, then i sparged 1 gal over the grains at 170. 4lbs DME...

Im going to do my first Hefe this weekend, ive got a 9 gal SS brew pot, a 6.5 glass carboy, a homemade CF chiller as my primary Equipment. So my recipe is going to be a mini mash full 5-6 gal boil. recipe goes 1-2 gal steep (90 min) @ 150° of 4oz Belgian aromatic malt 2oz acid malt...

Not sure if this is the right place to post but i had a couple of Qs about the process of voting for the up and coming elections. never been much into the voting or politics and im still not what i would call "super savvy", but long story short i would like to vote this election and i need to...

So i successfully made my first batch of Apfelwein and it was awesome, the SWMBO wanted something that was a bit on the sweeter side, so i started a variant of the apfelwein that playes out as such 5 gal of apple juice 2 lb corn sugar 1 lb lactose wyeast sweat mead yeast its been...

First off ive gotta give much thanks to Bobby_M for his sweet writeup on his Counter flow build, listing all the parts was a HUGE help. I started stock piling all the parts i would need for my counter flow a while ago and found that "rubber hose" mentioned in Bobbys post has really gotten...

So I've made my first batch of apfelwein and its been a big hit, im wanting to start another batch, but i want to mix it up a bit. What i would like to do is make a bit sweeter less dry apfelwein, i was thinking about using something along a sweet mead yeast (suggestions wanted). I was also...

So i started my Apfelwein 5-27 and here it is in a glass after 3 weeks bottled, ive been trying bottles every week as to try to better my taste for the progression of my brew, and of course its my first homebrew so ive been wanting to try it since 5-27 :mug:

So i just bottled my first batch of apfelwein on Wed, it went well, i ponied up and got a bench top capper to try to speed things up a bit as well as allow me to use whatever bottles i could get my hands on. So now that im done bottling i have some questions since im green to this whole...

Well i took the plunge and am on the fast track to buying my first house (offer accepted, contingent on the inspection). Problem is i started my first batch of apfelwein on may 27th. but i have to be out of my current house by the end of this month. What if any problems will i run into...